A messenger, ambassador.
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释义 | society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger (92) erendrakec825 A messenger, ambassador. bodec888 One who makes an announcement; a herald, a messenger. Obsolete from 12th cent., but recently affected by some writers on Old English history. apostlec950 (As in Greek) One sent on an errand, a messenger. (A verbalism of translation.) Obsolete. sand1038 A person or body of persons sent on an errand; an embassy; an envoy, messenger. sandesman1123 A messenger, envoy, ambassador. sanderbodec1200 bearer?c1225 A person who brings or delivers a gift, a letter, a message, etc., esp. on behalf of another (often named by that person as ‘the bearer’ in the… errand-bearer?c1225 messenger?c1225 A person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another; a courier. Formerly also: †an envoy or ambassador; a person who brings news or… erindeberea1250 Middle English, = errand-bearer n. sand-manc1275 messenger, ambassador. (Cf. sandesman, n., sendman, n.) beadsman1377 A messenger. Obsolete. herald1377 transferred and figurative. One who proclaims or announces the message of another; a messenger, envoy. Hence, a frequent title of newspapers, as The… messagea1382 A person or body of people conveying a communication; one or more messengers or envoys: an ambassadorial delegation. Obsolete. runnera1382 A person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another; a messenger, a courier; (in later use esp.) (Military) an orderly. Also in early… sendmana1400 An envoy, messenger. Cf. sand-man n. at sand, n.1 compounds, sandesman, n. interpreter1490 One who makes known the will of another; a title of Mercury as messenger of the gods. (Latin interpres divum Virgil.) Obsolete. nuntius1534 Originally Theatre. A messenger. Cf. nuncio, n. 2, nuncius, n. Also figurative. post1535 A similar bearer of messages in ancient times or other countries. Obsolete. pursuivant?1536 figurative and in extended use: a messenger, an agent. Obsolete. nuncius1573 = nuntius, n. 1. nuncio1587 A person who bears a message; a messenger. Also in extended use. carrier1594 A person (or animal) that carries or conveys a message or other communication. nunciate1596 A person who or thing which makes an announcement; a messenger, a nuncio. mercury1597 A person or (rarely) a thing having some of the qualities or roles ascribed to Mercury. A messenger; a person who brings news. Obsolete. chiaus1599 A Turkish messenger, sergeant, or lictor. foreranger1612 = forager, n. 1. postera1614 A messenger, a carrier of news. Obsolete. rare. irisa1616 Greek Mythology. The goddess who acted as the messenger of the gods, and was held to display as her sign, or appear as, the rainbow; hence… missivea1616 A messenger. Obsolete. rare. chouse1632 = chiaus, n., choush, n. Obsolete. angela1637 A person or thing considered to bring or herald the arrival of something; a harbinger of something. caduceator1684 A herald, a messenger. purpose messenger1702 a messenger sent on purpose or expressly. errand-bringer1720 harkara1747 An East Indian spy, messenger, or courier. commissionaire1749 A person requested or employed to carry out an assignment or assignments as a messenger, courier, porter, etc.; spec. (in French contexts) (a) a… carrier pigeon1785 figurative. A person or thing likened to a carrier pigeon (sense 1), esp. in being the means by which something is transported or communicated. errander1803 One who goes on an errand. errand-porter1818 tchaush1819 = chiaus, n. card carrier1845 A person who delivers visiting cards or messages, esp. as an occupation; a messenger. Obsolete. errand-goer1864 choush1866 A Turkish messenger or sergeant; = chiaus, n. ghulam1882 A member of the bodyguard of the Shah of Iran (Persia), originally consisting of foreign slave soldiers, often from the Caucasus region; (later… Subcategories:— office of (5) — body of (2) — running or express messenger (8) — young messenger (6) — official messenger (6) — mounted messenger (5) — messenger between two parties (8) — hotel messenger (1) — page (1) — messenger sent to consult oracle (2) — messenger sent from Oxford (1) — cab-tout or -runner (2) |
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